USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 41
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 41
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 41
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 41
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 41
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A true Copy of the Original Receiva July 7. 1731 Attest Jos: Moody Regr
To all People unto whom this present Deed of Sale shall come John Phillips of Charles Town in the County of Middlesex & Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in To New England Mariner weh sd John was one of the
Compton Sons of John Phillips Esqr late of Charles Town
& Perry Deed sendeth Greeting Know ye that I the sª John Phillips for & in Consideration of the Sum of three Hundred Pounds in Money to me in Iland at & before the Sealing & Delivery hereof well & truly paid by John Comp- ton of Boston in the County of Suffolk & Province of the Massachusetts Bay aforest Mariner & John Perry of Fal- mouth in the County of York & Province aforesd Yeoman the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & thereof do acquit & discharge the sa John Compton & John Perry their Heirs Exeers & Admin's & every of them for every by these Presents have given granted bargained sold released enfeoff-
Phillips
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ed conveyed & confirmed & by these Presents do give grant bargain sell release enfeoff convey & confirm unto the sª John Compton & John Perry their Heirs & AAssigns for ever One Eighth Part of several Pieces or Parcels of Land &c hereafter mentioned & expressed That is to say One Eighth Part of One full Quarter Part of the whole of the sd Tracts Parcells or Grants being as followeth All lying & be- ing at Casco Bay in the Province of Main, so called, in New England A Lot heretofore [belonging] to Silvanus Davis near the Fort in lieu of a Six Acre Lot about Two Acres & One Quarter. Also an Island of about Sixty Two Acres known by the Name of Little Chabeage Island given to Sil- vanus Davis & confirmed by the Ilonorable Thomas Dan- forth President the Twenty Third of the 7th Month 1680 Also a Lot granted near the Fort unto Mr Bartholomew Gid- ney about One Acre & an Half Also a Lot of about Five Acres & an Half upon the Neck of Land the Fort stood up- on fronting to Back Cove Also a Tract of Land of about Sixty Acres adjoyning to Stroud Water Mills as by the Sur- vey appears granted & confirmed to the said Gidney by the Presidt Danforth the 23º of ye 7th Mo 1680 And purchased of the sd Gedney by Jonn Phillips Esgr & Company Owners of ye sd Parcels of Land as appears by a Deed of Sale Dated the Tenth of March 1682/3 Also a Tract of Land about Six- ty Two Acres lying betwixt George Brimhall & Thaddeus Clark fronting upon Casco River purchased of John Graves & Also Three Aeres of Salt Marsh or Meadow lying in a Place called Barberry Creek Which Land & Meadow sd Graves had with his Wife Mr Mittans Daughter as appears by the Deed dated ye 23ª of August 1686 on Record Also a Tract of Land lying at a Place called and known by the Name of Capissick of a Mile Square & by ye Draught ap- pears a Town Grant Dated Decembr 3ª 1680 Also a Town Grant to George & John Ingerson Jun's for the Stream of Water called Stroud Water with Priviledges of Timber & Land for Accomodation of Mills ye above-named Phillips & Company purchased the Moiety of sd Ingerson Dated the 13th of March 1683. Out Lands granted on Addition for Accomodations Three Hundred & Sixty Aeres as appears by the Draught with all the Streams & Water & Water Courses thereof Also a Tract of Land at Long Creek containing Two Hundred & Five Aeres & Ten Acres of Swamp being a Town Grant with the Water Courses & Priviledges thereof Dated March 1681/2 Also Non such Point lying on the South Side of Casco River betwixt Non Such Creek & Long Creek to be divided betwixt Joseph Hodsdon James English &
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Silvanus Davis as p the Town Grant the 16th of March 1681 /2 ª Phillips & Company purchased Hodsdons Part the whole being about Four Hundred & Thirty Nine Acres with an additional Grant to sª Point Ninety Two Acres of Swamp & Upland near Nonsuch Meadow at a Place upon the High Way leading to Scarborough called the Smoaking Tree Granted May the 25th 1686 Also several Parcels of Fresh Meadow lying at a Place called Nonsuch Marshes on the North of Nonsnch Brook or River purchased of [149] sev- cral Men as by the several Deeds appears & the Surveys of Isaac Davis Ten Acres of Wm Burrage Six Acres & an Half being Sixteen Acres & an Half of Marsh & Three Hundred Eighty One Acres & an Half of Upland adjoyning to sd Land And also the Moiety of Twenty Five Acres of Marsh lying at the Place aforesd purchased of George Ingerson Jun' for the Accomodation of Stroud Water Mills as appears by the Deeds 1683 & 1686 Also about two Acres of Salt Marsh ly- ing at a Place called Squitheginnets Creek weh Two Acres of Marsh was delivered to Silvanus Davis by the Select Men to satisfic a Debt due to the sª Davis yt He had disbursed for the Town April 1687-Together with all & singular ye Pastures Feeding Trees Woods Underwoods Swamps Ways Easements Profits Priviledges Water Courses Mill-Dams Ponds Headwares Mill Geers Fishings Fowlings Wharves Passages Stones Beeches Flats Liberties Immunities Com- odities & Appurces whatsoever to the sd One Eighth Part is belonging or in any Kind appertaining or that is now therewith used ever has or shall be known to be a Part or Member thereof Also all the Estate Right Title Interest Use Property Possession Claim & Demand whatsoever of me the st John Phillips of in or to the sa granted Prem- isses or to any Part or Parcel thereof either in my Own Right or in the Right of my Father John Phillips aforesaid Decd To have and to hold the sa One Eighth Part of the aforementioned Tracts or Parcels of Land & all other the Right that I have therein in Right of my sª Father John Phillips unto ye sª John Compton & John Perry their Heirs & Assigns To their only proper Use Benefit & Behoof for ev- er And the sd John Phillips do avouch my self at the Time of the Ensealing & until the Delivery hereof to be the true & lawful owner of the sª granted Premisses & have in my self full Power good Right & lawful Authority to grant sell & convey the same in Manner as aforesd free & clear & free- ly & clearly acquitted & discharged of & from all & all Man- ner of former & other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Dowries Titles Troubles Charges &
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Incumbrances whatsoever And I the sd John Phillips for my self my Heirs Exeors & Admin's do hereby covenant promise grant & agree from Time to Time & at all Times hereafter to warrant & defend all & every the sd granted Premisses with the Appurees unto the s' John Compton & John Perry their Heirs & assigns forever against me & my Heirs & against all & every Person & Persons whomsoever from by or under me or any of them In Witness whereof I the sd Jolin Phillips & Anna my Wife in Testimony of her free Consent to this Bargain & Sale & full Relinquishment & Quit Claim of all her Right of Dower & Thirds of & in the sd granted Premisses have hereunto set our Hands & Seal this Twenty Seventh Day of November Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Annoq Ri Ris Georgii Secundi Magna Britannia &e Quarto
John Phillips (Seal) Anna Phillips (Seal) Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of us Seth Sweetzer John Banks
Received on the Day of the Date within of M. John Comp- ton ye Sum of Three Hundred Pounds being the full Consid- cration within expressed D John Phillips
Capt John Phillips & Anna his Wife psonally appearing acknowledged the within written Instrm' to be their free Act & Deed Before me Thos Greaves. J : Pacs
A true Copy of the Original Reed July 6. 1731
Attest : Jos: Moody Regt
Know all Men by these Presents that I Isaac Gardner of Brookline in the County of Suffolk in his Majtys
Gardner Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New Eng-
To land Yeoman for & in Consideration of the Sum of Dunning Twenty Five Pounds currant Money of New Eng- land to me in Hand paid by James Duning of Brunswick in the County of York & Province aforest have bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyd confirmed unto the sd James Duning his Heirs & Assigns forever And I the sd Isaac Gardner hereby do for my self my Heirs Excers & Ad- min's resign deliver up & surrender unto the sd Duning all my Estate Right Title Property Interest Inheritance Claim or Demand of in or to a certain Traet or Lot of Land Num- ber 47 situate lying & being in Brunswick aforest containing Ninety Seven Acres Together with One Acre & Half of Marsh or Meadow lying at the Head of a Cove on the West Side of the Road leading to Maquoit all formerly in the Tenure & Occupation of Ebenezer Standwood [& Three
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Aeres of Marsh in Maquoit Marshes ] agreeable to the Terms Entry's & Descriptions in the Town Records of sd Bruns- wick To have and to hold the sd Ninety Seven Acres of Land && the Four Acres & Half of Marsh or Meadow described as aforesd unto Him the sd James Duning his Heirs Exeers Ad- min's & Assigns from the Day of the Date of these Presents thence forth & forevermore without any Lett Suit Molesta- tion Claim or Demand of him his Heirs Excers Admin" or Assigns & further the sd Isaac Gardner doth hereby cove- nant bind & oblige himself his Heirs Exeels & Admin's the Premisses with their several Appurces as tho pticularly enumerated for ever hereafter to warrant & defend to the sa James Duning his Heirs & Assigns against the lawful Claim or demand of him the sa Gardner his Heirs or Assigns & all Persons claiming under him them or either of them In Wit- ness & for Confirmation whereof the sª Isaac Gardner unto these Presents hath set his Hand & affixed his Seal this Six- teenth Day of February Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty One with the Words [& three Acres of Marsh in Maquoit Marshes ] between the Sixteenth & Sev- enth Line interlined before Signing
Isaac Gardner (Scal)
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of Joseph Heath Sam" May
Suffolk ss/Boston Febry 17th 1730/1 Isaac Gardner ap- pearing acknowledged this Instrument to be his free Act & Deed Before me John Bowles Just : Pacis
A true Copy of the Original Receive June 25. 1731 Attest : Jos: Moody Regt
Know all Men by these Presents that I Mary Higginson late the Reliet & Executrix of Joshua Atwater late Higginson of Boston Mercer Deed have assigned ordained & To made & in my Stead & Place by these Presents Atwater put & constituted my loving Son Joshua Atwater of Boston Mercer my true & lawful Attorney & Assignee for me & in my Name but to his proper nse to ask demand levy sue for recover & receive of Elinor Redding Relict of Thomas Redding Deed late of Cas- co Bay in the County of York the Sum of Forty Pounds Four Shillings & Four Pence lawful Money of New England due from her by Mortgage under Hand & Seal payable the First Day of May 1681 Giving & Granting unto my sd Attor- ney & Assignee my full Power & Authority Touching the Premisses for me & in my Name & Stead to sue prosecute ar- rest attach imprison & to condemn & out of Prison to deliver
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& to compound agree release & discharge & One Attorney or more under him my sª Attorney to substitute & at his Pleas- ure to revoke & further to execute & determine all & every such other Act & Acts Thing & Things whatsoever as shall be meet needful or expedient to be done pformed or execut- ed in or about the Premisses or any Part thereof as amply in every Respect as I myself might or could do the same if I were thereat from Time to Time psonally present And whasoever my s" Attorney or any his Substitutes shall law- fully do or procure to be done in or about the Premisses or any Part thereof I do & will ratific confirm & allow the same for good & effectual in Law at all Times hereafter by these Presents In Witness whereof I the sd Mary Higginson have hereunto put my Hand & Seal the Nineteenth Day of Au- gust One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Five Annoq R' Ris Jacobi Secundi Anglia &e Primo
Mary Higginson (Seal)
Signed Sealed & delivered in Presence of Mrs Mary Hig- ginson the wife of the Reva Mr John Higginson acknowl- edged the abovewritten Instrument to be her Act & Deed Salem August 25. 1685
Before me John Hathorne Assistant A true Copy of the Original Reed June 28. 1731 Attest Jos : Moody Reg™
[150] To all People to whom this present Deed of Sale shall come Joshua Atwater of Boston in the Coun- Atwater ty of Suffolk in New England Mercer sendeth To Greeting-Know ye that I the sd Joshua Atwater Moore for & in consideration of the Sum of Ten Pounds of lawful & currant Money of New England to me in ITand well & truly paid at & before the Enscaling & De- livery hereof by Theodosius Moore of Boston aforesd Up- holsterer the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge my self fully satisfied & contented & of & from every Part & Parcel thereof do fully & clearly acquit & discharge the sd Theodosius Moore his Heirs Exco's & Admin's of from any further Accompt to be given for the same for ever have giv- en granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed & confirmed & by these Presents do fully clearly & absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene enfeoff & confirm unto the sª Theodosius Moore all that my House & Lands situate lying & being up- on Westostogo River in Casco Bay containing by Estima- tion Two Hundred Acres being more or less of Upland But- ted & Bounded by the Land of James Lane Eastward West-
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ward with the sª River North & South with Creeks Togeth- er with Sixteen Acres of Meadow be the same more or less being about One Mile & a Half North West above my fore- sª Dwelling House near James Lanes Meadow Land which sª House Upland & Meadow Thomas Reading late of Casco lived & died in his own rightful & actual Possession thereof who dying intestate his Wife Ellenor administred & sold the above bargained Premisses with their Appurees to pay a Debt due from ye Intestate to the Relict an Executrix of Joshua Atwater late of Boston Mercer & by the sd Execu- trix conveyed to Joshua Atwater of Boston Mercer her Son & Heir to which Reference being had it may more fully & plainly appear Together with all & singular the Trees Woods Underwoods Swamps Marshes Meadows Rivers Fish- ings Fowlings Mines Minerals Royalties Immunities Privi- ledges & Appurees whatsoever to the 'bove granted Premis- ses belonging or in any wise appertaining To have & to hold all the above granted Premisses with their Appurces & ev- ery Part & Parcel thereof unto the sd Theodosius Moore his Heirs & Assigns & to his & their own & proper Use & Be- hoofe for ever And I the sª Joshua Atwater for me my Ileirs Exeers & Admin's do hereby promise covenant grant & agree to & with the sd Theodosius Moore his Heirs & Assigns that at the Time of the Ensealing hereof I am the true sole & lawful owner thereof & of all the above bargained Premis- sed do stand lawfully seized of a good & indefeisible Estate of Inheritance in Fee simple without any Manner of Condi- tion Reversion or Remainder whatsoever And that I have in my self full Power & lawful Authority to grant sell aliene & confirm as aforest And that he the sa Theodosius Moore from hence forth & forever shall & may lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold use occupy & enjoy the above bargain- ed Premisses with their Appurces & every Part thereof fully & clearly quitted & discharged of & from all Manner of for- mer Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Mortgages Dowers Judg- ments Executions & of & from all other Titles Troubles & Incumbrances whatsoever & do hereby bind & oblige my self my Heirs Excers & Admin's to warrant & defend the aforesa Premisses with their Apparees unto the st Theodosius Moore his Heirs & assigns forever And that all & singular the Deeds Evidences Charters Escripts Leases or other Writings that now are or hereafter shall or may come to my Hand touching the Premisses shall be delivered to the sd Theodosius Moore his Heirs or Assigns on Demand In Wit- ness whereof I have hereunto set My Hand & Seal this
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 150.
Tenth Day of December Anno Dom 1690 Annoq R' R16 & Rega Guilielmi & Maria Angla &e Secundo
Joshua Atwater (Seal)
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Hannah Matson John Watson
Suffolk ss/Boston Dec 29th 1698 Mr Jnº Watson psonally appearing before me the Subscriber One of his Justices of the Peace for the County of Suffolk made Oath that he was present & saw Joshua Atwater sign seal & deliver the with- in written Intrument as his Act & Deed & that he sat his Hand thereto as a Witness also that he saw Hannah Matson sign as witness
Jurat Coram me JJnº Eyre
A true Copy of the Original Receive June 28. 1731 Attest Jos : Moody Regr
To all People to whom this present Deed of Sale shall come Richard Gardner of Cambridge in the Coun-
Gardner ty of Middlesex & Province of the Massachusetts
To Bay in New England Yeoman sendeth Greeting
Małcom Know ye that I the sª Richard Gardner for & in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty Five Pounds in Money to me in Hand at & before the Ensealing & De- livery hereof well & truly paid by John Malcom of Bruns- wick in the County of York & Province aforesd Yeoman the Receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge & thereof do acquit & discharge the s" John Maleom his Heirs Execr & Admin's & every of them for ever by these Presents have given grant- ed bargained sold released enfeoffed conveyed & confirmed & by these Presents do fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell release enfeoff convey & confirm unto the sª John Mal- com the Third Lot in the First Division of Allotments in the Town of Brunswick aforest being Twenty Rods wide containing Ninety Seven Aeres & likewise Three Acres of Salt Marsh or Meadow lying in the sd Township (being the Seventh Lot in Maquoit Marshes) as the sª Lots of Land & Meadow are marked out by Metes & Bounds & described in the Plat & Records of sd Town Together with the Rights Members Profits Privileges & Appurces thereof Also all the Estate Right Title Interest Inheritance Use Property Pos- session Claim & Demand whatsoever of me the sa Richard Gardner of in & to the sa granted Premisses with the Rever- sions & Remainders of the same To have & to hold the sd Land & Meadow with the Rights Members & Appurces thereof unto the sd John Malcom his Heirs & Assigns To his & their only proper Use Benefit & Bchoofe for ever And I
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the s" Richard Gardner do avouch myself at the Time of the Enscaling & until the Delivery hereof to be the true sole & lawful Owner of all the sd granted Land & Premisses And that I have in my self full Power good Right and lawful Authority to grant sell & convey the same in Manner as aforesd free & clear & fully & clearly acquitted & discharg- ed of & from all & all Manner of former & other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Intails Dow- ries Titles Troubles Charges & Incumbrances whatsoever And the sª Richard Gardner for my self my Heirs Excers & Admin's do hereby covenant promise & agree from Time to Time & at all Times for ever hereafter to warrant & defend the sd granted Land & Premisses with the Appurees unto the sª John Malcom his Heirs & Assigns for ever against the lawful Claims & Demands of all Persons that may claim from by or under me. In Witness whereof I the said Rich- ard Gardner & Elisabeth my Wife in Testimony of her free Consent to this Bargain & Sale & full Relinquishment & Quit Claim of all her Right of Dower & Thirds of & in the sa granted Land have hereunto set our Hands & Seals the Twenty Fourth Day of July Anno Domini 1730 Annoq R' Ris Georgii Secundi Magna Britannia
Richard Gardner (Seal) Elasabeth Gardner (Seal )
Signed Sealed & Delivd in the Presence of us Eleaz : Word Ebenez' Chamberlin
Suffolk ss/Boston July 28th 1730 Mr Richard Gardner psonally appearing acknowledged the aforewritten Instru- ment to be his free Act & Deed
Before me John Bowles J : Pacs
Received on the Day of the Date above of Mr Jnº Malcom the Sum of Twenty Five Pounds being the full Considera- tion within expressed Richard Gardner A true Copy of the Original Received June 28, 1731
Attest Jos : Moody Regr
To all People to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting &c Know ye That I Mark Shepherd of Shepard the Town of Biddeford County of York & Prov- To ince of the Massachusetts Bay in New England McLucas Farmer for & in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Pound Currt Money of sª Province to me in Iland paid before the Enscaling hereof by John Mac Lucas of York in the County of York & Province aforesd Weaver, the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & myself
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 151.
therewith fully satisfied & contented & thereof & every Part & Parcel thereof do exonerate aequit & discharge the sª John Mae Lucas his Heirs Exec's Admin's for ever by these Pres- ents have given [15]] granted bargained sold conveyed & confirmed & by these Presents do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain & sell aliene & confirm unto Him the sd John Mac Lueas his Heirs & Assigns for ever One certain Traet or Parcel of Land containing Forty Acres situate ly- ing & being in the Town aforesd & bounded as followeth viz Beginning at the South West End of John Stackpoles Home Lott at a Pitch Pine Tree marked Four Sides with I S Thence South East Forty Poles to a White Oak (at Capt Samuel Jordans Land ) marked I S Thence South West by the sª Jordans Land & Wm Dyers Land One Hundred & Sixty Pole thence North West Forty Pole, thence One Hundred & Sixty Pole by the Parsonage Land to the Beginning To have and to hold the sd granted & bargained Premisses with all the Appurces Priviledges & Comodities to the same be- longing or in any wise appertaining to him the st John Me- Lucas his Heirs & Assigns for ever To his & their only proper Use Benefit & Bchoof for ever And I the said Mark Shepard for me my Heirs Exeers Admin's do promise cove- nant & grant to & with sd John MeLucas his Heirs & As- signs that before the Ensealing hereof I am the true sole & lawful owner of the abovebargained Premisses & am lawful- ly seized & possessed of the same in mine own proper Right as a good pfeet & absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple & have in my self full Power good Right & lawful Authority to grant bargain & sell convey & confirm said bargained Premisses in Manner as aforesd And that the sd John Mac Lucas his Heirs & Assigns shall & may from Time to Time & at all Times forever hereafter by Force & Virtue of these Presents lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the sd demised & bargain- ed Premisses with the Appurces free & clear & freely & clearly acquitted discharged & exonerated of from all Manner of former or other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Jndg- ments Exceutions Incumbrances & Extents Furthermore I the sª Mark Shepherd for my self my Heirs Excers & Ad- min's do covenant & engage the abovedemised Premisses to him the số John MacLueas his Heirs & Assigns against ye lawful Claims & Demands of any Person or Persons whatso- ever for ever hereafter to warrant seenre & defend And Han- nah Shepard the Wife of the abovesa Mark Shepard do by these Presents freely willing give yield up & surrender all
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her Rights of Dowry & Power of Thirds of in & to the abovedemised Premisses unto him the sd John Mac Lucas his Heirs & Assigns In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands & Seals this Fifth Day of February Annoq Domini 1730/31 & in the Fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Mark Shepard his Mark x (Seal)
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of John Gray Jonan Emery Wyat Moore
York ss Biddeford Febry 6 1730. Then appeared Mark Shephard & acknowledged the above Instrument or Deed of Sale to be his free & voluntary Act & Decd
Cor : John Gray Just : Pacs
A true Copy of the Original Receiva June 28, 1731 Attest Jos : Moody Regr
Know all Men by these Presents that I George Woodburn formerly of the Town of Topsom in the County of
Woodburn York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in
To New England but now of the Town of Preston in
Macome the County of New London in the Colony of Con- necticut in New England aforest Laborer having received Twenty Pounds Money of John Macome of the Town of Topsom abovesd to my good Satisfaction & content & do hereby for my self my Heir Exeers & Adm" & Assigns for ever fully freely clearly & absolutely free release remise & acquit Claim unto the sd John Macome his Heirs & As- signs for ever all & singular my Right Title Interest Claim Challenge & Demand that I or any of mine now have or ever might our could have had in & unto a certain Piece or Parcel of Land situate lying & being within the Township of Topsom aforesd & is by Estimation about One Hundred Acres & is the Twenty First Lot in Number in the sª Town of Topsom & is bounded Sontherly upon Amoseoggin River & Northwardly upon undivided Land & is Twenty Five Rods wide & so in Length until makes up One Hundred Acres or however it is otherways bounded on the Records of sª Topsom York or elsewhere To have and to hold the above released Premises & all the Priviledges and Appurces unto the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him y+ the sª John Macome his Heirs & Assigns for over [Together with all my Right in the Common Land in st Topsom] To occupie possess and enjoy without any Lett Hindrance De- nial Opposition or Molestation of me the sd George Wood-
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